Swedish issue of a German compilation with exclusive cover and track choice - combining nine cuts from "Are You Experienced with three from "Electric Ladyland". Apart from "Woodoo Chile" having a 3:32 edit, the EL cuts are the same as on the Track album. With the ones from AYE it's harder to tell. The pressing on this isn't as good as the Track or Reprise issues and the songs comes through much weaker. Most do co-incide with the 1970 UK "Backtrack 10" stereo issue, but a few differs - e.g. "Foxy Lady" sounds about the same here, but has a slightly different balance on the lead vocals. The AYE different mono/stereo/fake stereo versions is a mess and my ears are getting too old for delicate comparisons. If You want it more sorted out check this thread on Steve Hoffman's http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/jimi-hendrix-are-you-experienced-first-uk-stereo-pressing-is.166769/ . The EL cuts have good audio, the AYE ones don't. Even so it's a keeper, not least because of the attractive first press "big hair" sleeve, which didn't appear on the re-issues. It came with label as shown here and fully laminated cover. (JHÄ*)
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